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QUOTE (Knackattack @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 06:59 PM) Indians actually got something back, 2009 1st round pick, lefty, wow. Something like an 8.3 k/9 too. Dombrowski = a lot of stupid since 2008.

QUOTE (scenario @ Jul 29, 2010 -> 09:46 AM) I would. Because he won't take it. A left-handed starter on the open market in the offseason sets off a feeding frenzy. Regardless of his fly-ball percentage, etc. True, but what if he accepts...? He's going to get a $8 million deal like Pavano did.

Watch out Alex Rios, Alexei Ramirez is coming for your title of best position player WAR on the team.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 29, 2010 -> 09:43 AM) He would still have to pitch at the Cell. Anyways, I stated my opinion. I dont think he is that bad of an option. The end He's not the worst you can do, but if you have to give something valuable up for him, I don't see the point. He's worth a compensation pick, although I don't know if I'd offer him arbitration.

Please let it be Luke Scott, please let it be Luke Scott. Overbay really doesn't help this team much when Teahen comes back and Guthrie isn't any better than Hudson or Garcia.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 29, 2010 -> 01:30 AM) 51.4% FB% (highest in baseball) -----> 10.6% HR/FB (12% would be standard) -----> 1.46 HR/9 (11th highest in baseball, would only go up at the Cell) Fun This. He's going to get his ass kicked.

The bullpen looked amazing. Thornton had a hiccup, but that was it. Great comeback win to bail out Buehrle.

I'm fully convinced now - Jenks on a lot of rest and pissed off is really good. The problem is that he's still inconsistent with his velocity. You have to be careful with how much you use him. Rest him and he will look like this more often.

If Bobby does blow this save, Ozzie has a lot of explaining to do. Putz threw 8 pitches in the 8th inning.

QUOTE (whtsoxfan @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 06:43 PM) 63 games to go, wild card unlikely what's gonna happen? Looks like we need to win our division to make the playoffs. The east has teams with more wins than our division and will probably have the wild card. Wonder how many games it will take to win our division? We'd only have to go 35-28 to get 90 wins. Is that enough? 90 should be enough.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 06:21 PM) You honestly thought he was going to put up a .900+ OPS this season? I personally saw a 39 year old slugger on his last legs last year. He hadn't had a .900 or higher OPS since 2006 and seemed to be regressing and starting to break down. I had no problem letting him go and am not going to say it was a mistake like I knew he would be hitting this well. Who's to say he would have put up those numbers here playing every day? For all we know, he would've hurt his back playing every day. He has a .930 OPS right now. I don't think everybody expected a .930 OPS from him, but I would have expected at least .850. And that .850 is a hell of a lot better than what Jones and Kotsay are putting up.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 04:38 PM) On what planet is one sick of a .900+ OPS? I don't care if my DH doesn't have Carl Crawford's speed. I don't think the Red Sox and Rangers are too concerned about Ortiz's and Vlad's legs. I want my DH to mash. This whole perception of the DH being able to do others things besides hitting is really weird. I mean, it's the designated hitter, he's designated to hit. Isn't his ability to hit more important than his ability to do anything else.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 05:29 PM) From the team's twitter feed: http://twitter.com/OFFICIAL_TIGERS/status/19774611329 Tigers acquire Jhonny Peralta from Indians for minor league pitcher Giovanni Soto. #mlb Well, we're f***ed. lol another Geovany Soto, just spelled differently. And Peralta doesn't scare anyone.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 04:30 PM) The Twins lineup really, really scares me. We were saying the same thing back in April and May. Every team goes through the motions. There were times where the Twins offense looked like ours.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 04:31 PM) I hate the Thome talk. If anything we've talked too much about it. I'm still glad we didn't re-sign him. I was sick of Paulie, Jermaine, and Thome in the middle of the lineup. Obviously I'd like someone other than Kotsay, but it really was time for Thome to go. People sure remember Thome for the shift and his lack of fleet-footedness, but they sure forget all those home runs he hit... I don't know how you are glad we didn't re-sign him when we've been stuck with the abomination that is Mark Kotsay as our full-time DH.

Thanks for nothing Kansas City.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 04:19 PM) Hendry is a bad GM IMO and handed out some bad contracts, but Lee used his 10/5 rights for this, I am 99% sure he didn't have a clause in his contract He has a full no trade clause. 5 years/$65M (2006-10) signed extension with Cubs 4/06, replacing final year of previous deal, which was to pay $8M for 2006 06-10: $13M annually no-trade clause award bonus: $0.1M for All Star selection

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 04:17 PM) Fangraphs showing Alexei some love: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/t...her-ss-ramirez/ It was about time.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 04:16 PM) That wasn't the question. The question was why was Rios at DH. and Jones in CF. And I agree with Balta, Jones has done a good job. Another question: could the resting of Konerko, Rios and TCQ allow them to be more fresh and have a better overall season as opposed to the lineup with someone like Thome full time at DH? If nothing else to probably has allowed TCQ to play more without lower extremity injuries. There is no way to know for sure just a question that popped into my ADHD mind. I'm sure Thome would have shared platoon duties with with Jones at DH since Andruw was already on the team. The thing is, Ozzie could have made Thome part of his rotating DH platoon, that's what Thome's doing in Minnesota right now and it's working extremely well. With a guy like Thome, you don't want to give him an excess amount of at bats anyhow. He's getting old and you need to keep him fresh too.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 04:12 PM) How would PK feel about becoming the everyday DH? There's no way you'd waste Lee's glove at DH. I don't think any player wants to DH. It's more or less an insult to your ability to play defense. But in cases like Adam Dunn, insults like that don't even do him justice to describe how bad he really is.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 03:38 PM) Vargas road splits consist of a 3.99 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP over 8 starts. It would probably be good if he left with an ERA well over 3 and well over 4 on the road. What's weird about Vargas is that he's given up more home runs at home this year, 4 more in fact. Nice article about how his stats look a lot like Washburn's last year: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/j...arrod-washburn/ Vargas pitched against us in the series where we swept them. Gave up 2 runs in 6.2.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 03:39 PM) Mr. HGH cuts it to a 5-4 lead, but Brayan Pena (who?) can't keep the rally going. On to the 9th Rick Ankiel's back?

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 03:33 PM) Ozzie would put Dunn between Rios and Konerko to break up the righties. And that would be a pretty smart move. Dunn would be the Sox' second best hitter if he were in the lineup today (only behind Konerko).

QUOTE (Benchwarmerjim @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 03:02 PM) you guys got to beat up on the Os and weaker NL teams earlier in the year. Things are evening out now, and it shows the Sox and Twins are pretty much even teams recordwise The Sox haven't played the Orioles yet. And it's not like the the Twins didn't play the Brewers 6 times. It's their fault they got swept.

QUOTE (soxfan3530 @ Jul 28, 2010 -> 02:28 PM) If the Sox do deal Hudson to get Dunn, what about acquiring Ted Lilly? What will the price tag be on him? RIght now it appears that the Cubs options are dwindling and they are willing to pick up some of his deal. He could easily take that 4/5 spot and we could be in business. From MLBTR: I'd like to have Lilly for pretty much nothing given that he's probably a 4.6-4.8 FIP starter in the AL and in this park. Anything above a couple of low level prospects would be overpay for this team IMO. You might as well just go get Jake Westbrook.